At $17,756 per pupil, Peninsula Union ranks #861 of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
78
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$17,756
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Peninsula Union operates 1 public schools serving 78 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Humboldt County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $17,756 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1880 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 11.1% local, 69.8% state, and 19.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
and 71.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 48.5% White, 22.7% Hispanic or Latino, 3.0% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Peninsula Union, enrolling 66 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Peninsula Union accounts for 84.6% of all Peninsula Union student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Peninsula Union a distant remainder — means Peninsula Union-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Peninsula Union reports 82.1% free-lunch eligibility
The reported share is at least 75%, indicating a high concentration of measured economic need. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Peninsula Union chronic absenteeism rate is 71.2% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Peninsula Union has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 78 students.
How much does Peninsula Union spend per student?
Peninsula Union spends $17,756 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Peninsula Union?
Peninsula Union students are 48.5% White, 22.7% Hispanic or Latino, 3.0% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.